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...invent the ceramic--a Japanese firm did that--the company has unleashed its power since licensing the technology in 1997. It has engineered 14 grades of the material to meet various needs, from coating frequently washed factory floors to shielding intravenous catheters. One AgION customer, Wellman International's polyester unit, has infused fibers with AgION's compound and is testing ideas like germ-resistant T shirts, air-conditioner filters and pillows. "We believe it fills a need that exists in the marketplace," says the unit's business manager, David Whitley. "It has value--and, bottom line, it works." AgION...
...Munich, Prime Minister Meir set up a process by which the head of the Mossad, Israel's spy agency, could make the case for a candidate's assassination. The PM and select Cabinet members would say yea or nay. If yea, the hit would be executed by a unit called Caesarea, dubbed by some media the Wrath of God team...
...coolly meditative guitars and pianos DJ Hi-Tek brought to all his productions. But now, Rawkus is gone, the New York hip-hop scene is in hibernation, the old Mos Def is AWOL (lost to Hollywood and bad concept albums), and Hi-Tek produces worthless album tracks for G-Unit and 213. Since 2004’s crossover flop “The Beautiful Struggle,” Talib has been more likely to show up on wax with a motley assortment of marginally “conscious” hip-hop, accompanied by cheap drums, whiny trumpets, and Ruff...
...Harvard graduate who grew up in Washington, D.C., has written an extraordinary debut novel, Beasts of No Nation (HarperCollins), that is basking in critical acclaim. The book tells the story of Agu, a child soldier in an unnamed country in Western Africa, who has been recruited by a unit of guerrilla fighters after watching his own father being slaughtered. The author visited Nigeria, where his mother is currently the finance minister, frequently when he was growing up, and lived there last year, working with refugees. We chatted with Iweala by phone...
...exclaims as he whirls around the packed-dirt floor of his new media office, jabbing fingers at bamboo-reinforced mud walls, woven grass ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking emerald rice paddies. ?This entire building comes to less than the cost of our air-conditioning unit.? This, his latest project, comes out of a desire not just to showcase his products but also to promote his vision for sustainable construction. ?Anyone who sees how beautiful this is will say, ?Hey, why am I building with ugly concrete blocks when I could build something beautiful...